SAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

SAP
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 32 69
Rank change year-on-year -31 +37 +3
Contract jobs citing SAP 61 113 80
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.47% 5.33% 2.90%
As % of the Vendors category 7.02% 11.98% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 63 56
10th Percentile £407 £431 £431
25th Percentile £456 £510 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £695
90th Percentile £725 £812 £756
Central London median daily rate £525 £600 £548
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.59% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.79 £146.25 -
Median hourly rate £20.19 £147.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -86.31% - -
75th Percentile £20.60 £148.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £20.19 £147.50 -
% change year-on-year -86.31% - -

All Vendors
City of London

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 869 943 1,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 49.43% 44.46% 41.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 624 593 814
10th Percentile £325 £327 £313
25th Percentile £413 £456 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £788
Central London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 9
10th Percentile £17.75 £18.70 £16.05
25th Percentile £20.08 £25.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £36.75 £71.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.42% +216.67% +9.76%
75th Percentile £58.50 £118.38 £52.50
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £57.90
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -49.06% +163.16% -7.32%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SAP job vacancy trend in the City of London

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SAP

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.64%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.64%) Confluence
1 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (34.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.56%) SAP CO
2 4 (6.56%) SAP EWM
2 4 (6.56%) SAP FI
2 4 (6.56%) SAP MDG
3 3 (4.92%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (4.92%) SAP HCM
4 2 (3.28%) SAP PLM
4 2 (3.28%) SAP PS
4 2 (3.28%) SAP Retail
4 2 (3.28%) SAP VC
4 2 (3.28%) SAP WM
5 1 (1.64%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.64%) SAP GTS
5 1 (1.64%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.64%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (1.64%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.64%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.64%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.64%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.11%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (8.20%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.92%) Boomi
3 3 (4.92%) SaaS
4 2 (3.28%) GCP
4 2 (3.28%) Google Analytics
4 2 (3.28%) IaaS
4 2 (3.28%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.64%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.64%) Collibra
5 1 (1.64%) Datadog
5 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.64%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) Firewall
1 1 (1.64%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) Power BI
2 2 (3.28%) BigQuery
2 2 (3.28%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.28%) Looker
2 2 (3.28%) Tableau
3 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.64%) Metadata
3 1 (1.64%) Pinecone
3 1 (1.64%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.64%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.64%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.64%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
General
1 27 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 18 (29.51%) Finance
3 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.84%) Legal
4 6 (9.84%) Marketing
5 4 (6.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.92%) Banking
6 3 (4.92%) Billing
6 3 (4.92%) Law
6 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.92%) Retail
7 2 (3.28%) Electronics
7 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) Consultant
2 12 (19.67%) SAP Consultant
3 10 (16.39%) Architect
4 6 (9.84%) Lead
4 6 (9.84%) SAP Architect
4 6 (9.84%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.56%) Analyst
5 4 (6.56%) Developer
5 4 (6.56%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.56%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.56%) SAP Trainer
5 4 (6.56%) Senior
5 4 (6.56%) Trainer
6 3 (4.92%) SAP EWM Trainer
6 3 (4.92%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.28%) Analytics Consultant
7 2 (3.28%) Digital Analytics Analyst
7 2 (3.28%) Digital Analytics Consultant
7 2 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 2 (3.28%) Senior Digital Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.28%) Web Services
3 1 (1.64%) .NET
3 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.64%) Faiss
3 1 (1.64%) HTML
3 1 (1.64%) IDoc
3 1 (1.64%) LangChain
3 1 (1.64%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.64%) LDAP
3 1 (1.64%) Middleware
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.64%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.64%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.64%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.64%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.64%) SAP Business Workflow
3 1 (1.64%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.64%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.64%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.92%) FMCG
2 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.28%) Life Science
2 2 (3.28%) Private Cloud
2 2 (3.28%) Replication
3 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.64%) BYOD
3 1 (1.64%) Data Fabric
3 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.64%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.64%) IPTV
3 1 (1.64%) New Media
3 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (14.75%) Project Management
4 6 (9.84%) Agile
4 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (9.84%) Migration
4 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (8.20%) Logistics
5 5 (8.20%) Project Delivery
5 5 (8.20%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (6.56%) AI
6 4 (6.56%) Analytics
6 4 (6.56%) Change Management
6 4 (6.56%) Data Migration
6 4 (6.56%) Document Management
6 4 (6.56%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (6.56%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (6.56%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (4.92%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.48%) ABAP
2 4 (6.56%) SQL
3 1 (1.64%) C#
3 1 (1.64%) C++
3 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.64%) Python
3 1 (1.64%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
1 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.84%) Degree
3 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.64%) APMG
4 1 (1.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.28%) PMO
2 1 (1.64%) GDPR
2 1 (1.64%) QA
2 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.48%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.92%) Databricks
3 3 (4.92%) Oracle
3 3 (4.92%) Workday
4 2 (3.28%) Ariba
4 2 (3.28%) Google
4 2 (3.28%) Informatica
4 2 (3.28%) OpenText
4 2 (3.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (1.64%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.64%) Citrix
5 1 (1.64%) Concur
5 1 (1.64%) DocuSign
5 1 (1.64%) HP
5 1 (1.64%) IBM
5 1 (1.64%) IFS
5 1 (1.64%) MuleSoft